“The Piers: Art and Sex Along the New York Waterfront”

Ara H. Merjian

Re-creating the sensation of the piers along Manhattan’s West Side Highway––sites, during the 1970s and ’80s, of burgeoning artistic activity and a thriving gay subculture––provided curator Jonathan Weinberg with a daunting task. Assisted by Darren Jones, and informed by a decade of archival research and interviews with artists, “The Piers” assembles a compelling …

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